probe

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/pɹəʊb/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove. For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt.

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